Françoise Widhoff

Documents the lives of infamous fakers Elmyr de Hory and Clifford Irving. De Hory, who later committed suicide to avoid more prison time, made his name by selling forged works of art by painters like Picasso and Matisse. Irving was infamous for writing a fake autobiography of Howard Hughes. Welles moves between documentary and fiction as he examines the fundamental elements of fraud and the people who commit fraud at the expense of others.

Paris, summer 1942. Irene is a young, bubbly, 19-year-old Jewish girl. Her family watches her discover the world, friends, new love and a passion for the theatre. The aspiring actress is living her youthful life without a care in the world, but she does not know that time may be running out.

This is the story of a filmmaker. Alain Cavalier, always accompanied by his camera, continues to film life with passion, still learning about himself and, above all, about others. However, he is growing older and sees his speed, his vitality, his boldness, and his lightheartedness waning. With a slight lump in his throat but still laughing, he keeps a video diary of his farewell to cinema. This will be his last film.

A 16-year-old girl, bored with her own age group, becomes involved with an older man at a theater she passes.

A filmmaker meets a woman. Delicately, he starts videoing moments of their life together. He slowly realises he’s not storing memories, but making a film. He asks her permission to continue. After filming for a year, a 75-minute edit is ready…